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Margaret Thatcher is woken by the dawn chorus, Liz Taylor gorges herself with her new cookery class, Donald Sinden advertises his preferred brand of coffee and Sir John Gielgud reads an excerpt from The A-Team in the original Latin.
Sketches
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Clive Sinclair tells a man that he can have one of his new C5’s |
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Series 2 Opening Theme |
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Newman tells the plan about his new trap to his officers and Leon Brittan. |
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The Invisible Man Because of the state of employment under Thatcher's rule, King is depicted parodically as "The Invisible Man", and his actual existence comes as a shock to his fellow Cabinet members. |
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Nigel Dempster is busy typing his new work. |
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Liz Taylor's Cookery Class Liz teaches a cooking class but she just chows down on anything she makes. |
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Donald Sniden stars in an advertisement for Reptile food. |
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A group of people snort some cocaine and get tripped out. |
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Reagan and Meese go through the security plans for his inauguration. |
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Neil Kinnock has a friendly talk with Fidel Castro |
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Willie Whitelaw talks about National coverage and the dignity of the people in the House of Commons. |
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Maggie talks about how she falls to sleep because of the protestors outside. |
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The A-Team another excerpt read by John Gielgud. |
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A continuation of Sniden’s Reptile advertisement. |
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RUBBER NEWS Hosted by Michael Grade and Muir Sutherland. They discuss the recent cabinet news. |
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An Irish man is driving a car. |
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End of Part One |
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Start of Part Two |
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A man checks into a hotel. |
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A scientist man named Arthur Burke Sagan hosts his own show where he talks about places like Israel and California. |
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SOD OFF AILENS Patrick Lichfield talks about camera angles with Prince Andrew |
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Donald Sniden gets angry at his jars. |
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Prince Philip goes to a diner undercover. |
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Maggie asks for Leon Brittans opinion about things while she tries on new beards. |
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Hamster of the Baskervilles A new horror skit about Hamsters presented by Vincent Price. |
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A man yells at another man for the recent sketch lowering the hamster ratings. |
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Bernard Levin proclaims his love for books. |
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The cabinet tease Nigel Lawson for making a balls-up. |
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Sporting Image David Coleman interviews Bobby Robson. |
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We'll Go Go Go All The Way To Mexico It is a song about the Mexican World Cup. |
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Vegetables sketch The waitress asks what Maggie wants and she responds that she "would like a raw steak", then she asks “and what about the vegetables”, and Maggie responds that "they'll have the same as me." |
Characters
Main
- Clive Sinclair
- Generic Spitting Image Classic Puppets
- Kenneth Newman
- Leon Britian
- Tom King (debut)
- Margaret Thatcher
- Nigel Dempster (debut)
- Liz Taylor (debut)
- Donald Sinden (debut)
- Mick Jagger
- Ronald Reagan
- Ed Meese
- Fidel Castro
- Neil Kinnock
- Willie Whitelaw
- John Gielgud
- Muir Sutherland (debut)
- Michael Grade (debut)
- David Owen
- David Jenkins
- Arthur Burke Sagan (debut)
- Cardinal Rossi (debut)
- Pope John Paul II
- Patrick Anson
- Prince Andrew
- Prince Philip
- Vincent Price (debut)
- Bernard Levin
- Norman Tebbit
- Nigel Lawson
- David Coleman
- Bobby Robson (debut)
Background
- Michael Heseltine
- Peter Walker
- Geoffrey Howe
- Norman Fowler
- Lord Lucan
- Harold Macmillan
- Alec Douglas Home
- Harold Wilson
- Denis Thatcher
Trivia
Continuity
- This episode features the iconic Vegetables sketch.






























